“Aren't all these notes the senseless writhings of a man who won't accept the fact that there is nothing we can do with suffering except to suffer it?”
Source: A Grief Observed
“But I reckon,' she said slowly, 'that I don't want to be with you no more'n you want to be with me. I don't want no man what's ashamed and scared. Can't do me no good, that kind of man.”
Source: Go Tell it on the Mountain (Penguin Modern Classics) by James Baldwin (4-Oct-2001) Paperback
“When life slows without your permission, it’s not punishment — it’s preparation for the person you’re about to become.”
Source: Quiet Era Diaries: A Self-Healing Journey Through Solitude and Stillness
“Your leaving carried its own light.”
Source: Nearly: Poems
“It is as if we are all tempted to view ourselves as men on horseback. The horse represents a lusty animal-way of living, untrammeled by reason, unguided by purpose. The rider represents independent, impartial thought, a sort of pure cold intelligence. Too often the pilgrim lives as though his goal is to become the horseman who would break the horse's spirit so that he can control him, so that he may ride safely and comfortably wherever he wishes to go. If he does not wish to struggle for discipline, it is because he believes that his only options will be either to live the lusty, undirected life of the riderless horse, or to tread the detached, unadventuresome way of the horseless rider. If neither of these, then he must be the rider struggling to gain control of his rebellious mount. He does not see that there will be no struggle, once he recognizes himself as a centaur.”
Source: If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! The Pilgrimage of Psychotherapy Patients
“Finding More Fallen Out Hair On Your Pillow, Watching Your Favorite Stuffed Bread Disappear From Convenience Stores... The Accumulation Of Those Little Despairs Is What Makes A Person An Adult.”
Source: 呪術廻戦 3 [Jujutsu Kaisen 3]
“If the path forward seems unclear, plant something. Care for it. Let the seasons teach you what comes next.”
“Poetry, just like life, is never what we want it to be.”
Source: SONG FOR YOU / CÂNTEC PENTRU TINE (Bilingual English–Romanian Edition / Ediție bilingvă engleză–română / 2025): Poems of Love, Madness & Resurrection / ... nebunie și renaștere
“Some things in life don’t want to be fixed—they prefer the imperfections they are.”
Source: Momenteering: The Misadventures of Living Other People's Moments
“Acceptance is a simple concept, but difficult to master.”
Source: It's Only Anxiety: How to Recover from Anxiety & Panic